Ashleigh Barty, the current world rank no. 1 was able to beat Dayana Yastremska by 6-2 and 7-5 in the finals of the Adelaide International to win the title. This is a great win for Ashleigh Barty as she now has confidence going into the Australian Open.
Ashleigh Barty was able to beat her opponent in less than 1 hour and 25 minutes. She, who has been waiting for a long time, will now look to secure the title of her country at this season’s first Grand Slam event. The last Australian who had won the women singles’ title at the Australian Open was Chris O’Neil back in 1978.
Ashleigh Barty struck 15 winners against her opponent who herself committed 31 unforced errors.
Ashleigh Barty said, “This is really incredible. I felt like this was a great tussle. I had to play my best to get this win. I love playing in Australia and I love playing at home. I cannot wait for the tournament to start in Melbourne.”
The last time Barty won against Yastremska was back in 2019 at the Miami Open.
Yastremska said, “Congratulations to Ashleigh, it was a great pleasure for me to play against the world no. 1 and I bid her good luck for Melbourne. I hope that we get to play against each other many times in the future.”
Somewhere else at the finals of Hobart International, Elena Rybakina who had failed to qualify for the Australian open last year, is now going to enter the tournament with a seed place after she won the title match. Elena Rybakina defeated Zhang Shuai by 7-6 and 6-3 to win the Hobart Intentional.
Elena Rybakina said of her title win, “It is amazing and I am really happy for this win because last weekend I really had the chance. I was really motivated and now of course, I am really confident and happy.”
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